So this week, we were sat around our brunch table discussing whether or not, and in what situation, we would help a friend get rid of a dead body. It was an interesting chat. We discussed friendship solidarity, the punitive system in Britain, and whether or not somsone is more prone to murder if they've done it before. 

One friend posited that nobody should go to prison - even murderers. It's an interesting point. I mean, prison doesn't work and it's definitely not the place for anyone who isn't a danger to society. But, the idea that someone who has killed another person shouldn't be connsidered dangerous struck me as rather controversial. What concerned me even  more in this conversation however, was that nobody seemed to be particularly worried about the friend in question - the friend who had a dead body on their hands. Surely we should have been worried about their mental welfare (and the person they'd killed, of course). 

My own conclusion was, perhaps rather mundanely, that I most probably wouldn't help them hide the body as, in this situation, I'm not sure that it would be the most helpful thing to do. I was again struck by the absurdity of the whole thing. One of college's excuses for our dire cooking facilities here is that hall acts as a "hub of academic discussion and debate". I'm not sure that this is quite what they had in mind...